Abril Group

The
Abril Group
São Paulo, 2006
Principles
• Focus on the client
• Profitability
• Competitiveness
Values
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Pioneering Spirit
• Respect for People
Vision
To be the leader in
integrated multimedia,
serving the most
profitable and highest
growth segments of
the communications
and educational markets
in Brazil.
The Abril Group
Content
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Mission Statement
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Message from the CEO
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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Editora Abril
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Television, Broadband Internet and VoIP
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Ática and Scipione
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Digital Media
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Infrastructure
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Talent
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Fundação Victor Civita
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Governance and Sustainability
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Board of Directors
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Executive Committee
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Addresses
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Credits
The Abril Group
Mission
Abril is
committed to spreading
information, culture
and entertainment,
to the progress of education,
improving the quality of life,
Message from the CEO
It is with both pleasure and pride that I
improving the lives of its millions of readers
present this quick overview of the Abril
and viewers as well as to advancing the
Group, the largest publisher in Latin America
national interest.
and one of its leading media companies.
On behalf of my six thousand colleagues,
Abril was founded in 1950 by my father,
my fellow directors, my family and our
Victor Civita, and over the decades its
other stockholders, I hope that this booklet
nearly one hundred magazines, thousands
will enable you to get to know us a little
of schoolbooks, television programming,
better and to understand our enthusiasm
Pay-TV and multimedia services have
for and commitment to our company, our
become known throughout Brazil for their
multiple audiences and our great and
quality, integrity and contributions to
growing nation.
developing free enterprise
and the strengthening
of democratic institutions.
Roberto Civita
Chairman and CEO
May 1980
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The Abril Group
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Over half a century of innovation and
pioneering in Brazilian media
Focus on what the reader wants (and add a pinch of
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he Abril Group’s history is filled with innovation
If there were no printers or distributors with the scale
discovers and is able to put on the market.
challenge to overcome! If, as the sociologists and
to handle output, then so much the better - another
Pioneering is something everyone would like to do,
anthropologists maintained, this was a country with no
but only a few achieve and do it ahead of others.
memory and no history, then why not flood it with highquality, professionally edited printed material? And that
And Abril exemplified both by challenging, right from
is exactly what he did.
the start, the prevailing opinion that there was no place
for the entrepreneurial spirit in the publishing industry.
In addition to that, and as a central point,
Victor Civita, the Company’s founder. If people were not
commitment is to the reader (and not to the
The word “no” simply did not figure in the vocabulary of
“decide – since the beginning, that your main
used to reading, then here was a wonderful opportunity
Government, your friends, the advertisers or even your
to introduce them to magazines, fascicles and books.
encyclopedias and cookery books. In the 70’s, Abril also
the advertisement and marketing section of the
books, as the basis of what Abril Educação is today; it
shareholders). Always tell them the truth.
triggered the revolution of good and cheap educational
Gazeta Esportiva newspaper on July 28, 1985.
also created the Alfa project, by means of which a
new and revolutionary pedagogical process aiming at
Veja, our weekly new’s magazine and Exame, our business
dramatically reducing primary education repetition
magazine, were created in this spirit. As Abril is doing at
rates at public schools was started. In addition, the
the present moment, be “the eyes and the conscience of
Company inaugurated the satellite TV system and the
the Nation” – even if sometimes we do not really want to
MMDS, and, in the threshold of digital economy and
asses the truth, which can he painful or even repulsive
society, created the website BOL – Brasil OnLine –, merged
or to listen to our conscience. In the course of its history,
afterwards into UOL. In 2000, Usina do Som (radio
Abril created the segmented magazines, ranging from
through the web) was launched.
Capricho (Teen), Quatro Rodas (Automotive), Claudia and
Manequim (Women’s Mounthlies) to Superinteressante
What pushes Abril ahead of its time is always and inevitably,
Boa Forma (Fitness) and Info (Information Technology).
What distills Abril’s essence is its commitment to the
(Science & Culture), Casa Claudia (Home & Gardening),
the pursuit of excellence in all its publications and services.
The Company also discovered the potential and strength
country, its obsessive integrity, and the confidence that,
of the subscription magazines sales system, invented
through responsible journalism, it will never fail to tell the
the cultural revolution of fascicles, through which it
unvarnished truth to the reader,to the audience and,especially,
became possible to offer common citizens excellent
to the public interest and the Brazilian citizens in general.
1950
1951
1961
1965
1966
1968
1971
1971
The Group’s first
business – the Editora
Abril publishing
company – is born.
Its operations began
with the publishing
of Donald Duck
comic books
The Group’s
printing plant
goes on-stream
The Group enters
the distribution
business,
establishing the
Distribuidora
Abril distribution
company
“A Bíblia Mais
Bela do Mundo”
(The World’s Most
Beautiful Bible) is
the first collection
of fascicles
published
in Brazil
Launch of
the Conhecer
encyclopedia
in fascicles, a
huge editorial
success
Abril’s publishing
company launches
Veja magazine,
which was to
become Brazil’s most
important weekly
news magazine
and the world’s
fourth largest
The Treasure Island
is the first book
of the collection
“Clássicos da
Literatura Juvenil”
(Classics of the
Juvenile Literature)
The Abril
subscription
system is
created
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1977
1982
1985
1990
1991
1996
1996
Alfa Project,
geared
towards
children’s
literacy
education
Abril’s distribution
company, now
renamed DINAP,
begins offering
its services to the
country’s other
publishing houses
Establishment
of Fundação
Victor Civita
MTV: the
country’s first
segmented
broadcaster
The Group enters
the subscription
TV segment by
launching TVA;
it was the first
company to offer
this service in Brazil
Abril begins its internet
history with BOL – Brasil
OnLine, soon after
merged into UOL, a
partnership between
Abril and Grupo Folha
With the launch of
Galaxy III-R, Abril enters
the satellite TV age with
DirecTV.
1999
2000
2001
2004
2005
2006
•TVA introduces AJato,
the country’s first cable
Internet Service Provider
•Abril acquires a 50% stake
Launch of Usina
do Som website,
music through
the web
•Abril Sem Fio (Abril
Wireless) is established
to offer wireless services
• Corporate governance
practices, with independent
members of the Board of Directors and greater
management professionalism
•Acquisition of the 50%
stake held by Vivendi
Universal in Ática and
Scipione
•Sale of a 13.8% stake of
Abril S.A. holding company
to Capital International Inc.,
a private equity fund
TVA enters into
an association with
Intel and Samsung
for testing the first
Wimax platform
via digital MMDS
in Brazil
Partnership with
Naspers, South-African
communications group,
which now holds 30%
of Abril’s capital stock,
including the stake held by
Capital International, Inc.
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what he/she needs) to know”, said Roberto Civita,
Abril Group’s CEO, in a statement published in
The successful history of Latin America’s largest print and
electronic media company
and pioneering. Innovation is something one
quality versions of useful publications, such as A Bíblia,
in Ática and Scipione
book publishing companies,
in a joint-venture with the
Vivendi Universal Group
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Print Media
Editora Abril is Latin America’s largest publishing
company; it publishes six of the ten best-selling titles
in Brazil enjoys an approximately 58% share of Brazilian
magazine publishing market 1.
What we are today
One of the largest and most influential
communications groups in Latin America.
Television
The leading pay TV operator in São Paulo (Brazil’s
largest city), TVA is a pioneer in the unified offering of
video, data and voice (triple play), serving more than
300 thousand paid TV subscribers and 45 thousand
internet broadband subscribers.
Education
The Ática and Scipione publishing companies lead the
Brazilian educational book market, with market share
of roughly 30%.
Note: 1 –Includes Editora Abril, Editora Novo Continente and Fundação Victor Civita
The Abril Group
Editora Abril
Absolute leader of the Brazilian
magazine market
Sources: 1 – IVC + DINAP Jan/Dec 2005; 2 – Brazil Projection based on Marplan
Consolidated 2005 + IVC; 3 – DBM Abril; 4 IVC Jan/Dec 2005; 5 – IVC + DINAP
Jan/Dec 2005; 6 – SVP Abril; 7 – Intermeios Project Jan/Dec 2005
Abril leads the magazine market
in terms of both circulation and
advertising.
Circulation - volume 1
46%
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Men
PLAYBOY and VIP
Jointly, they are 4x bigger than
the main competitor
Automotive
QUATRO RODAS
2.3x bigger than the
second largest title
Women’s Monthlies
CLAUDIA e NOVA
Jointly, they are 3.5x bigger than
the main competitor
focuses on content that interests readers the most,
Fashion
MANEQUIM, ESTILO and ELLE
Jointly, they are 4.2x bigger than
the main competitor
the market among each one of its audiences.
Career
VOCÊ S/A
12.1x bigger than the
second largest title
Fitness
BOA FORMA
2.7x bigger than the
second largest title
Health
SAÚDE
7.3x bigger than the
second largest title
features. By understanding that it is necessary to
Wellness
BONS FLUIDOS and VIDA SIMPLES
Jointly, they are 10.6x bigger than
the main competitor
better, and that magazines enable this interaction, Abril
Home & Gardening
CASA CLAUDIA and
ARQUITETURA & CONSTRUÇÃO
Jointly, they are 5x bigger than
the main competitor
Business
EXAME
Information Technology
INFO EXAME
8.2x bigger than the
second largest title
and services. Points of contact with the audience were
Women’s Weeklies
VIVAMAIS and ANA MARIA
Jointly, they are 3.7x bigger than
the main competitor
DVDs, events and forums, among other means), as were
Teen
CAPRICHO
1.1x bigger than the
second largest title
Education
NOVA ESCOLA
17.8x bigger than the
second largest title
Travel
VIAGEM E TURISMO
2.6x bigger than the
second largest title
Soccer
PLACAR
41 thousand monthly copies,
no audited competitors
TV
TITITI and MINHA NOVELA
Jointly, they are 2.1x bigger than
the main competitor
Girls
WITCH and PRINCESAS
Jointly, they are 3.1x bigger than
the main competitor
publishing companies worldwide. The first experience
Sewing & Crafts
FAÇA E VENDA
1.6x bigger than the
second largest title
Contigo! in Chile. The Chilean version will be
Cooking
CLAUDIA COZINHA
1.1x bigger than the
second largest title
copies. Its contents will be 60% Brazilian and 40%
Science & Culture
SUPERINTERESSANTE and NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
Jointly, they are 3.3x bigger than
the main competitor
esponsibility, credibility and respect for its readers
are central to Abril’s becoming the largest and
best publisher in Brazil. With a portfolio that
Editora Abril has embraced the role of expert vis-à-vis
This recognition is the result of the seriousness of its
segmentation work throughout the decades and is
currently one of the company’s chief distinguishing
interact with its audiences in order to get to know them
charged some of its top professionals with becoming
true experts in the several audience segments.
the opportunities for advertisers and the assurance of
attaining expected results.
Advertising revenues 2
Others
Abril
58%
42%
All this work bore fruit: the publishing company
posted growth of 15% in 2005, in magazine advertising,
according to Intermeios data.
Another highlight was the publishing company’s
initiative in the field of licensing, supplying content for
along these lines was the December launch of
monthly, with an initial circulation of 10 thousand
Sources: 1 – IVC Jan/Dec 2005; 2 – Intermeios Project Jan/Dec 2005
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LEADERSHIP 1
2.5x bigger than the
second largest title
multiplied (via magazines, the internet, mobile phones,
Others
TITLE
VEJA
Thanks to this, it was possible to develop new products
Abril
54%
SEGMENT
News
And the one that knows its readers best
•161 million issues 1
•23 million readers 2
•3.5 million subscriptions 3
•53% of the country’s delivered
subscriptions 4
•351 titles, of which 96 are regularly
published 5
•6,626 advertisers 6
•26,586 pages of paid advertising 7
Abril magazines. Leading 22 of the 26 market segments
locally developed, produced by local journalists.
1.8x bigger than the
second largest title
Source: 1 – IVC average January/December 2005, comparison based on the average sales per edition
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The Abril Group
Editora Abril
Growth through brand extension
The magazine is just a starting point
With 36 brands, the Abril Group produces 351 titles that
the magazines and 50 events are held. Brand extension is definitely
generate more than 2,000 editions released per year – including
a universe worth exploring. Furthermore, with the new media,
regular, special and annual publications; 52 prizes are awarded by
the possibilities for brand extension become virtually boundless.
Brands
Brand Extension
36
Awards
315
Events
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52
Internet
55 Websites
8 Wireless services
351
Titles
2,073
©3
new products
launched,
among them:
49 DVDs
15 CDs
65 Books
18 Collections
P R Ê M IO
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3
4
5
Notes: 1 – Magazine published by Fundação Victor Civita; 2 – GPS Navigator for car launched in August 2006 by Guia Quatro Rodas; 3 – Daily program with cultural and leisure tips and hints
broadcasted at TVA; 4 – Capricho brand licensed products; 5 – In 2005, Prêmio Victor Civita – Professor Nota 10 (Best Teacher Award), granted by Fundação Victor Civita
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The Abril Group
Editora Abril
Veja is essential to all those whose desire
and need are to be always well informed
Independence, reliability and commitment to the reader
V
eja is the Brazil’s leading publication, in all and
every aspect: circulation, advertising revenues,
number of subscribers, as well as journalistic
quality and competence. Veja is indispensable to readers
The second largest
magazine in
Brazil, which is
already part of
São Paulo citizens,
with information
focused on leisure,
cultural programs
and services.
Consumer-focused
publication which brings
the best options for
entertainment, leisure,
cultural programs and
services in Rio.
who want to have the news and facts of the week, from
Brazil and abroad, treated with seriousness, analyzed and
interpreted by respected professionals and renowned
personalities.
Special edition of Veja presenting
the best suggestions made by
experts on tourism and the art
of good eating in the many
regions of the country.
The largest, most influential and
respected magazine in Brazil, and
the largest weekly news magazine
outside the USA. All subscribers
and newsstands in São Paulo
metro region of receive Veja until
9 pm on Saturdays, which ensures
the reading along the weekend.
Crossing borders and
reaching overseas with
the best of gastronomy
in Lisbon, Portugal.
A guide that help
readers follow the
steps of digital
evolution.
It was launched
in June 2006.
The largest weekly newsmagazine outside of the U.S.
National edition
• Weekly circulation: 1,114,000 1
• Subscribers: 906,966 1
• Readers: 7,950,000 2
Sources: 1- IVC Jan/Dec 2005; 2- Brazil Projection based upon Consolidated Marplan 2005 + IVC
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Time
(USA)
4,034,000
Newsweek
(USA)
3,135,000
U.S.News
(USA)
2,018,000
Veja (Brazil)
1,114,000
Der Spiegel
(Germany)
1,076,000
Focus
(Germany)
753,000
Sources: FIPP – 2004/2005 Annual Report, based on 2003 consolidated data; IVC – Jan/Dec 2005
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The Abril Group
Editora Abril
Business and technology magazines
The 6th most
admired
publication in the
country 2, with 93%
market share in its
segment, and one
of the 50 largest
career magazines
in the world.
Synonyms of seriousness, credibility and leadership
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The #1 technology
magazine in
Brazil and the
most in-depth
and influential
information
source on
computers, data
processing,
internet and
telecom.
ontents provide key information for the day-
to-day activities and for the professional
development of officers and business people.
These magazines produce, in partnership with
renowned institutions, rankings and awards that are
recognized as benchmarks within the sundry segments
to which they belong, thus contributing to market
Monthly: 129,000
improvement and the creation of communities that
share similar interests.
Monthly: 173,000
Brazil’s largest and
most respected
business magazine.
Read by 91% of the
CEOs and officers
of the 500 best and
biggest companies
in Brazil 1.
The largest and
most respected
guide covering
the corporate
organizational
environment in
Brazil.
Biweekly: 159,000
The most
comprehensive
publication on
infrastructure in
Brazil, with the
largest database
derived from the
assessment of the
16 major business
segments in the
country.
A magazine focused
on the professionals
who ultimately
decide on the largest
IT investments
made by the largest
Brazilian companies.
The most traditional,
in-depth and
respected annual
guide of the
Brazilian corporate
environment. It has
been uninterruptedly
published for the past
33 years.
Magazine directed to the
players in the technology
products distribution
market.
The first and most reliable
publication on corporate
responsibility in Brazil.
Launched in April 2006.
Sources: 1 – Ipsos Marplan; 2 – Meio & Mensagem, 2005
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Focusing its attention on the
bustling market of small and
medium enterprises.
Note: average circulation, IVC – Jan/Dec 2005
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Editora Abril
It deals with
fashion, health
and beauty
in an easy-tounderstand
way, depicturing
the diversity of
Brazilian lifestyles.
Women’s general interest magazines
Publications with guaranteed presence at every moment
of the readers’ lives
T
hese are publications focused on individuals
Leading the
segment in
both the printed
version and
on the internet:
Boa Forma’s
website is the
best fitness
channel in Brazil.
A benchmark in
behavior, fashion
and beauty for
women. Jointly
with Nova and
Manequim, it
accounts for 79%
market share.
who pursue self-development and well-being,
cultivating inner and outer beauty and self-
knowledge. The close relationship with its readers
provides relevant information for each one of them.
This precise dialogue with the audience is one of
Abril’s greatest differentials in the marketplace.
Focused on
self-knowledge
and readers’
relationships with
themselves, their
homes, families,
body, mind, the
others and the
world.
Monthly: 224,000
The major fashion
magazine in the
country, targeted to
young women tuned
in the latest trends
both in Brazil and
abroad.
Monthly: 189,000
Monthly: 378,000
Monthly: 50,000
Leader of
the segment,
enjoying, jointly
with Ana Maria,
are 68% market
share.
Targeted to
women who are
ahead of their
time.
Weekly: 160,000
A genuine fashion
and beauty
consumption
guide for the
Brazilian woman.
Monthly: 94,000
Monthly: 214,000
Monthly: 77,000
Produced for
individuals with
good taste, who
treasure tranquility,
simplicity and good
humor in their dayto-day activities.
Monthly: 37,000
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Its focus is on the
luxurious universe
and the premium
audience, running
articles on people, places,
styles, cars, consumer
electronics, jewelry and
events.
The absolute
leader in the
segment, with
87% market share,
and renowned as
offering the best
content health
in Brazil.
Monthly: 147,000
Miscellaneous subjects
ranging from beauty and
health to family relations.
Weekly: 103,000
Launched in November
2005
Note: average circulation, IVC – Jan/Dec 2005
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Editora Abril
Culture and knowledge for adults,
youth and children
Leader in the segment,
it has supplied students,
parents, teachers and
professionals with
easy-to-use and reliable
information and
reference content for the
past 31 years.
Abril understands and respects its readers’ diversity
of interests
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Absolute leader
in its segment:
teenage girls.
Biweekly: 112,000
he most varied interests of society fill the pages
at these magazines. Abril’s persistent pursuit is
The best-selling
male magazine
in Brazil and the
largest among the
20 internationally
licensed editions.
to reflect these interests by means of creative,
competent, and relevant contents for their target
audiences. These are magazines focused on the needs,
curiosities, desires, dreams and aspirations of their
Monthly: 256,000
readers, tuned in to our reality.
Important
moments of
History are
presented in a
simple, attractive
and easy way.
Monthly: 52,000
The most popular
magazine directed
at the youth segment
and the country’s
sixth largest in
circulation 1.
Its audience is
comprised of
students ranging
from 15 to 21 yearsold, interested in
choosing their
college careers.
The largest male
magazine in the
world. It focuses
on themes of
male well-being
in a practical and
scientific fashion.
Biweekly: 354,000
Monthly magazine
targeted at children
aged between 6
and 11 years old,
recommended
by parents and
teachers for its
quality in educational
entertainment.
Launched in April
2006
Publication focused
on teenagers,
which brings
general knowledge
curiosities.
Monthly: 45,000
Weekly: 88,000
It offers readers the
best information on
the cultural universe,
in the form of a
guide. It stimulates
reflection, analysis
and the desire of
being aware of
culture, as well as
being inspired by it.
Good-humored
and irreverent, it
is a benchmark to
the modern man’s
behavior, fashion
and beauty.
Monthly: 17,000
Monthly: 73,000
A fad among
girls from 10 to
14 years old, the
magazine brings
information and
entertainment.
The largest and
most respected
publication about
music in Brazil. It
runs articles on all
types of musical
genres.
Monthly: 65,000
Notes: average circulation, IVC – Jan/Dec 2005; 1 – related-party
publication, Editora Novo Continente S.A.
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Editora Abril
Home, tourism, sports, cars and
celebrities
There is an Abril magazine for each interest and need
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Source of safe and
reliable information
on tourism services,
such as lodging,
restaurants,
entertainment,
routes and streets.
Benchmark
publication on
the coverage of
the personal and
professional lives
of celebrities,
TV actors and
actresses and
movie stars.
he leading publications in their segments –
reflecting
the strategy of diversity and
Weekly: 129,000
The leading publication
in the segment, as
is Arquitetura &
Construção. Jointly the
magazines hold a 71%
market share.
segmentation, as well as the high quality of
their material in both design and content.
Monthly: 153,000
The largest and
most respected
publication on
the Brazilian
automotive sector.
It is basically
targeted to
the fans of
soap operas,
especially young
and romantic
women.
Monthly: 150,000
A benchmark magazine
in one of Brazil’s most
dynamic industries: truck
and bus transportation.
Sole publication
in this segment,
directed to readers
who want to learn
how to build and
to manage the
construction of
their own houses.
The #1, largest and best magazine
of the travel segment – a reference
for tourism in the country.
Weekly: 85,000
Monthly: 76,000
Monthly: 111,000
Monthly: 48,000
A magazine which
is practically the
Brazilian soccer’s
brand and historical
record; it is read and
respected by soccer
professionals and fans.
Monthly
publication
dealing with
gastronomy in a
simple fashion
and with practical
recipes.
Monthly: 48,000
World-renowned
magazine with
indisputable credibility.
It is published in several
countries and read in
Brazil by more than
620,000 readers.
Monthly: 52,000
Discloses the latest news
about celebrities and
upcoming events on soap
operas.
Weekly: 90,000
Monthly: 41,000
Note: average circulation, IVC – Jan/Dec 2005
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The Abril Group
Television, Broadband Internet and VoIP
One of the year’s highlights was the launch
Pioneering and convergence
are TVA’s trademarks
of DVR – Digital Video Recorder, a new concept for
watching TV. TVA is the only overland pay-TV operator
to offer DVR to its clients, and the only one in the country
to transmit the HDTV – high definition TV content –
on a commercial basis.
Record results and profitability
2
005 was a year of major achievements for
TVA, achievements news expanded today.
It marked not only the full digitization of
the MMDS network in São Paulo, expanding
its potential market, but also the launch of
home
VoIP
(Voice
aggressively
Over
consolidating
Internet
the
Protocol),
market’s
triple play (image, data and voice) offering.
first
The highlight in the subscription TV area was the
consolidation of the digital model implemented
in the São Paulo Metropolitan area as from 2004,
which offers better image and sound quality,
new video and audio channels, besides the new
In
terms
of
Broadband
Internet,
speeds ranging from 200 Kbps (kilobits per second)
to 2.1 Mbps (megabits per second), besides PPB
(Pay-per-band), which offers the possibility of
increasing the speed of connection when necessary.
All of these characteristics had a positive impact on
performance: in 2005, the Ajato’s subscriber base grew
47%, to 45 thousand, whereas the rate of cancellation
(churn) dropped to 15%, clearly reflecting the product’s
improved quality and consequent client satisfaction.
digital technology also allowed the launching
346 thousand Revenue Generating Units (RGUs),
concept for watching TV andthe first step
towards the offer of VOD – Video on Demand.
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301
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304
284
2002
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Digital
year, with a churn rate of the Digital cable
product in São Paulo of 12% at the end of the year.
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2003
MTV is the planet’s largest TV network
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and the most valuable TV brand in the
2004
world. MTV Brasil, a Viacom,Inc. and
Abril Group joint venture, is a segmented TV channel
whose programming essence is music. Found in 18
million homes spread over 300 Brazilian cities, it talks
to some 7 million youths every month. Managed by
Abril, MTV Brasil is totally integrated into the Group,
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providing even greater expertise in the TV segment,
2005
ranging from 200 Kbps to
2.1 Mbps, and also to the
Pay-per-Band customer (PPB)
the option of leasing an even
broader band if necessary.
Long distance wireless broadband
a 7% increase when compared to the previous
Internet
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Ajato offers a sole access solution
together with content provider –
the Veja São Paulo Portal. Furthermore,
it is the only service with an
infrastructure that can guarantee
90% of the broadband hired.
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of the DVR – Digital Video Recorder, a new
a reality for TVA
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Pay-Per-View (PPV) differentiated concept and
the most flexible programming packages. The
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broadband internet and VoIP.
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main capitals of the Southeast
and the South, with more
than 346 thousand revenue
generating units.
• Broadband internet revenues
increased 33% this year and
already account for 20%
of TVA billings in São Paulo.
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and total mobility of up to 120 km/h. It can be used in fixed, portable or mobile
modes. WiMAX is TVA’s chief bet as far as the future is concerned and this has led
it in 2005 to enter associations with Samsung Electronics and Intel.
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The Abril Group
Ática and Scipione
Abril Educação is the Brazilian
textbook leader
One of the leaders
in the private market
for the 5th to 8th grades
in Mathematics.
A market of more than R$ 1 billion in sales per year
Market share
Government and Private
A
História para Todos was recognized
bril Educação, which comprises the Ática and
as the third best schoolbook
Scipione publishing companies, sold 37 million
collection from Jabuti Award 2005.
books in 2005 – 28 million to the government
market and 9 million to the private market. Jointly, the
publishing companies closed 2005 with 4,316 titles
A&S
30%
Others
70%
in their catalog, including schoolbooks, children’s and
teenagers’ literature, educational works, dictionaries
and atlases.
The Brazilian textbook publishing market is strongly
Abril Educação is the leader in sales to both the
government and the private market in the country.
influenced by government purchases, to serve primary
education. Every year, some 40 million students from
the elementary and secondary public school network
benefit from the government’s acquisition of books.
Quality is the distinguishing feature
• 40 years
• 1,091 authors
• 2,536 title catalog
- 461 schoolbooks
- 2,075 supplementary
• 22 years
• 661 authors
• 1,780 title catalog
- 417 schoolbooks
- 1,363 supplementary
Since the establishment of book evaluation programs
In the last government
program for the 1st to 4th
grades, each child studying
in a public school received
for the governmental market, Abril Educação’s approval
ratios have been rising, surpassing the market average.
This has resulted in a competitive gain when it is time
for teachers to make their choice. The titles’ list is
previously approved by the FNDE – National Fund for
Educational Development.
six free books, two of
which were published
by Ática and Scipione.
Alegria de Saber and Pensar e Viver
were Abril Educação best-selling
books in the last 1st to 4th grades
government program.
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In 2005, six Ática books were included in the “Highly Recommended Books” list prepared by the National Foundation for
Children’s and Teenagers’ Books (Fundação Nacional do Livro Infanto-Juvenil - FNLIJ). Almanaque Ruth Rocha, stands out
in particular, for having won the FNLIJ Malba Tahan “best informative book” award.
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The Abril Group
Digital Media
Quality content when and where people
want it, the way they want it
•Interactivity with its readers allows Abril to get
to know its different audiences better and
better, which is good for readers, web surfers
and a big bonus for advertisers.
Wireless revenues more than tripled in 2005
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upplying quality content and making it
9 million single visitors per month. Abril sites also
available when, how and where its audience
have some 4.7 million registered users, who receive
wants it is the main challenge faced by
regulary information, services and offers from Abril
Abril Digital. This Abril area directs and coordinates
•The Abril Group sites generated more than
1 billion page views 1 in 2005.
•Through the Abril Portal visitors can subscribe to magazines and access data on
all the publications and on the Group, as well
as go shopping in the Abril Store.
by e-mail.
efforts and investments in the Internet and wireless
platforms, including mobile phones, PDAs and
Abril’s magazine sites have different levels of access,
other mobile devices. The core objective is to exploit
with some free areas and others that are reserved
interactivity, mobility and the new communications
for subscribers and newsstand buyers. Sites with
platforms and languages that appear, thereby
exclusive Internet content have also been developed
servicing readers, web-browsers and clients better
and can be acquired through online subscription, as is
and better.
the case for Playboy Cyberclub, Planeta Playboy, Exame
The www.abril.com.br Portal
is Brazil’s eighth most highly
regarded, according to
Meio & Mensagem
newspaper research.
main facts and
news from Brazil
and from the world.
Through the Internet, it is already possible to access
All of these activities increased Abril’s digital media
and other brands. In 2005, they drew an average of
revenues in 2005
brings quality
information of the
Melhores e Maiores and Guia Brasil Quatro Rodas.
more than 55 websites of Abril magazine titles
Veja On-Line,
Scipione Interativa (Scipione Interactive) offers a special
pedagogical advisory area and online workshops, plus
links for research and lesson preparation.
Playboy in the cell phone
For mobile telephones, Abril researched, developed and produced services and products using the broadest range of data
technologies adopted by the country’s mobile services carriers. The main highlight of the year was Playboy, which made
available text, image and video content, thereby expanding the consumer’s experience of the brand.
SMS texts
WAP site
Images
Videos
Games
Boa Forma’s website
The 2.9 million Info On-line unique
visitors 2 have access to the latest
and most updated news of
is the channel for
those who care for
their body and mind.
the digital world.
Source: 1 and 2 – Wusage, January/December 2005
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The Abril Group
Infrastructure
Quality from beginning to end
Great competitive advantage through
shared services
flexibility throughout the entire distribution process. The
magazines’ logistics and distribution system is structured
to meet the demand of a country as large as Brazil. The 23
million readers, subscribers and newsstands customers
directly benefit from the integration of all the processes.
Abril’s printing plant has a strong competitive differential for
medium and large editions, using the rotogravure process.
In addition, it maintains a partnership with Quebecor
printing press, in the city of Recife, for the printing of the
north and northeast circulation of Veja magazine, ensuring
Up-to-date infrastructure and rationalized processes,
indispensable for Group growth
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Gráfica Abril
São Paulo (SP)
Gráfica Quebecor
Recife (PE)
• 1,100 employees
• 70,000 metric tons
of paper consumed
a year
• 350 million copies printed,
including magazines,
supplements and special
editions
• 8 million books per year
• 77 monthly magazines
• Average use of capacity:
88% in 2005
North
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960 points of sale (POS)
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improving the production, administration
and financial processes of the Group. During this
period, all the systems that provide support for
business and administration have been reviewed
by world-class partners.
•The Gráfica Abril printing plant is Latin America’s
largest and the only one capable of printing
a weekly magazine such as Veja within the
required timeframe.
•52,500m2 area.
Northeast
upgraded, enabling the printing plant to produce
Relationship Management – CRM process. Internally
magazine
production
was
a wider range of products and to profitably service
outside customers.
The
administrative,
financial,
human
resources
and provisioning processes of all of the Group’s
companies
were
centralized
and
standardized
through the implementation of the ERP Oracle system.
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71 distributors
19.739 POS
South
24 distributors
5.736 POS
SP e RJ
own distributors
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distributors work exclusively
for the subscribers’ delivery
system
95
distributors work on a joint
operation to deliver subscriptions
and single copies
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distributors deliver magazines
to the points of sale, 2 of which
are Dinap’s own distributors
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With all its systems consolidated and its infrastructure
and
Dinap - Distribuidora Nacional
de Publicações
Dinap serves all its points of sale
with 2 owned distributors as well as
129 regional distributors.
Southeast
•Filmless and computer-to-plate printing system.
The infrastructure of its printing complex was
modernized,
10 distributors
1,976 POS
Primary transport
Primary transport, which leaves from
the printing plant and goes to the
regional distributors, relies on systems
that connect road, air and river carriers.
15 distributors
3.842 POS
Center-West
major investments in integrating and
Centro de Distribuição
Raposo Tavares (SP)
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Distribution
Some 170 regional distributors guarantee
personalized delivey to 3.5 million
subscribers and to the 32,253 retails points
of sale nationwide.
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upgraded, Abril is now ready to start its Customer
called Projeto Raiz (Root Project), Abril’s CRM takes into
Door-to-door
delivery
(95%)
Mail delivery
(5%)
Abril’s Client Services
Rosana de Oliveira, elected the best
operator in the Subscription Sales System.
Abril’s customer service call center
received over 5 million calls in 2005.
account the consolidation of the subscriber base of
32,253 points of sale
•22,308 newsstands, magazines and book stores
•8,175 alternative points of sale
(convenience stores, lottery branchs, etc.)
• 1,770 large retailer (supermarkets)
magazines, online content, paid TV and the Internet into
a single channel, making it possible for Abril to obtain
and use customer household views. As a result, the focus
is changing from client servicing to client relationship,
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generating greater business opportunities.
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Talent
Competence, creativity
and commitment
Essential characteristics of the people who make up Abril
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he people who work for the Abril Group
comprise its essence. It is an environment that
calls for creativity and talent across all careers,
congregating professionals with high potential and
performance. The 5,475 employees, of which 61%
are men and 39% women, identify strongly with the
company and its values.
The Group’s main instruments for attracting and training
talent, both in the editorial, graphics and administrative
areas, are the intern and trainee programs, as well as the
Abril Journalism Course, Brazil’s most prestigious editorial
training program for recent graduates.
Resources tools in the day-to-day conduct of its
business. HR processes have been standardized and
employee management and access is conducted
electronically through its Intranet.
and the cultural background of its employees,
Abril maintains a well-structured training and
development program. In 2005, it focused especially
on technical training, emphasizing the development
and understanding of the languages that the
new media require.
Distribution by educational level
The Group’s management of remuneration is based
on well proven merit performance evaluation tools.
College graduate
All employees receive variable pay. For the more senior
46%
Completed
Elementary
Schooling
High School
Doctorate
Master’s
degree
1%
46%
Post-graduate
studies
positions, this is achieved through a bonus, whereas
the other employees have a profit sharing program.
Additionally, every two years the company conducts
its “Climate Research”, a program to gauge employee
satisfaction. Conducted by expert outside consultants,
7%
Distribution by time in the Company
More than 10 years
24%
27%
The Abril Group employs the most up-to-date Human
To further strengthen its focus on humanistic themes
Attraction and Retention
6 to 10 years
Recognition and motivation
A&S
30%
Outros
70%
it is regarded as a key element for fine-tuning the
Group’s policies, benefits and internal communication.
Diversity and experience
Since 2001, Abril has maintained a Special Talents
Up to 1 year
11%
Program that has become a benchmark reference
in the corporate world for the hiring of people with
handicaps. By the end of 2005, there were 94 employees
in the company who are part of the program, 80% of
1 to 5 years
38%
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whom hold operating functions in the printing plant
and in the Distribution and Logistics area.
Governance and Sustainability
Professionalism, transparency
and predictability
The basis for the future of the Abril Group
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emodeling of the Abril Group’s corporate
In August of 2005, the Audit Committee, the Human
organizational restructuring that set up the
were put in place. The Audit Committee, pursuant to the
increasing the level of professionalism of the Company’s
Valores Mobiliários - CVM) and the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
implemented without loss of focus on editorial integrity
responsible for validating the Group’s financial statements
governance was begun in 2001, when the
Resources Committee and the Finance Committee
Abril S.A. holding company was conducted. This involved
rules of the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de
upper management echelons. These changes were
includes three independent outside members. The Board is
and independence – the cornerstone of Abril’s credibility.
and for monitoring the internal audit work.
Management
Sustainability
Directors and an Executive Committee. The Board of
a better world for coming generations: this is Abril’s
are independent; it is responsible for defining the
make this come true, by respecting the trio of financial –
are then put into practice by the Executive Committee.
country’s development and to enhancing citizenship. This
and specific themes for each meeting. Additionally,
the production and dissemination of information, culture,
long-term strategic outlook.
that strengthen its connections with the community, by
The Abril Group is currently managed by a Board of
To act today while keeping an eye on the future, ensuring
Directors comprises ten members, three of whom
vision. The Group is committed to doing its share to
organization’s long-term strategic policies, which
social – environmental elements. Abril is committed to the
The Board meets monthly, with a pre-defined agenda
expresses itself not only through its corporate activities –
it holds an annual meeting for discussion of the Group’s
education and entertainment – but also through activities
taking part in projects to which it can add its experience.
Organizational Structure
Finance
Board of
Directors
Audit Committee
CEO
Finance Committee
Human Resource
Committee
Human Resource
Audit
Legal
Editora Abril
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70% Civita Family
30% Viacom
COO
Corporate Affairs
TVA
70% Civita Family
30% Naspers Limited
Ática and
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The Abril Group
Board of Directors
Roberto Civita
Giancarlo Civita
Claudio Haddad
70 years old, Mr. Civita is the
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Abril Group, Chief
Executive Officer and Editor. He
is also President of the Victor
Civita Foundation. Mr. Civita is
a graduate in journalism and
economy from the Wharton
School of Pennsylvania University
and received a post-graduate
degree in sociology from Columbia
University.
42 years old, he has since 2003
served as Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors and assumed
the role of Chief Operating Officer
in 2006. He joined Abril in 1982
and has held positions such as TVA
Programming Director, Managing
Director of MTV, Vice-President
of Entertainment Division and
Vice-President of Youth Unit. He
is a graduate of ESPM with a postgraduate studies degree from
Harvard Business School.
59 years old,has been an independent
member of Abril Group’s Board of
Directors since 2004. He is Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Veris
Educacional S.A., which controls
Ibmecs of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
and Belo Horizonte and IBTA. He holds
a degree in mechanical and industrial
engineering from the Instituto Militar
de Engenharia do Rio de Janeiro, with
Master’s and PhD degrees in economy
from Chicago University.
Jim Volkwyn
Fabio Barbosa
Hein Brand
José Augusto Moreira
48 years old, became a member of
Abril’s Board of Directors in May
2006. He began his affiliation with
the Naspers group in 1991. Currently,
he is CEO of MIH’s global operations,
holding executive responsibility for
Naspers’ pay TV operations in 44
countries on the African continent
and also in the Mediterranean. He
has a Bachelor in Commerce from
the University of Cape Town, and is
also a Chartered Accountant.
51 years old, has been an
independent member of Abril
Group’s Board of Directors
since 2004. He is President
of Banco ABN Amro Real,
and also Vice-President of
FEBRABAN. He is a graduate
in business administration
from FGV and holds an MBA
from IMD (Switzerland).
40 years old, became a member
of Abril’s Board of Directors in
May 2006. He is the Managing
Director of Media24 and is also
responsible for the worldwide
operations of MIH Print Media in
Africa, China, Russia and India. He
serves on the boards of a number
of companies in the Naspers
Group, which he joined in 1998.
He is a graduate in accounting,
law and taxation from the
universities of Stellenbosch
and South Africa, and is also a
Chartered Accountant (South
Africa).
62 years old, has been Abril’s
executive over the past
37 years. He held various
positions in the Finance/
Administration areas until
becoming a member of Abril
Group’s Board of Directors, in
October 2002. He is a graduate
in economy of the Faculdade
de Economia e Administração
São Luiz and participated
in the PMD – Program for
Management Development
at Harvard Business School.
Marcel Telles
Thomaz Souto Corrêa
Victor Civita
56 years old, has been an
independent member of
Abril Group’s Board of
Directors since 2004. He is
also member of the Board of
InBev’s where he chairs the
Convergence and Human
Resources Committees. He
is a graduate in economy by
UFRJ and participated in the
Management Program for
Owners/Presidents at Harvard
Business School.
67 years old, has been an
editorial consultant, member
of Abril Group’s Board of
Directors and Vice-President
of Abril’s Editorial Board
since 2003. He worked during
40 years in the Group, in
which he participated in the
development, launching and
reformulation of various
magazines.
41 years old, became a member of
Abril Group’s Board of Directors and
Managing Director of Abril Digital
in 2006. He joined Abril in 1990 as
Programming and Production Director
of MTV, having been responsible for the
implementation of the broadcasting
company in Brazil. He was also
Programming and Production Director at
TVA, Director of Abril Produções and VicePresident of the Youth Unit at Editora
Abril. He is a graduate in Political Science
from Columbia University, at the U.S.
Board of Directors
• Claudio Haddad
• Fabio Barbosa
• Giancarlo Civita
• Guilherme Lins
• José Augusto Moreira
• Marcel Telles
• Maurizio Mauro
• Roberto Civita
• Thomaz Souto Corrêa
• William Bannister-Parker
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The Abril Group
Executive Committee
Roberto Civita
Eliane Lustosa
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Mauro Calliari
Sidnei Basile
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70 years old, Mr. Civita is the
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Abril Group, Chief
Executive Officer and Editor. He
is also President of the Victor
Civita Foundation. Mr. Civita is
a graduate in journalism and
economy from the Wharton
School of Pennsylvania University
and received a post-graduate
degree in sociology from
Columbia University.
43 years old, she is Finance and
Control VP since 2005. She was
formerly Finance and Administration
Director of Ponto Frio (Globex
Utilidades S.A.). Previously, she was
Investments Director of Petros –
Petrobras Foundation, Director of
Economic Protection and Defense of
the Secretary for Economic Law of
the Ministry of Justice and Technical
Coordinator of the Ministry of
Economy, Treasury and Planning.
She is a graduate in economy from
PUC-RJ, with a Master’s degree
in economy and PhD in finance.
44 years old, has been Managing
Director of VEJA/EXAME Group
since 2004. He has been working
at Abril over the 12 past years, and
has directed various business units
such as male magazines, travel
magazines, children and youth
publications. He also launched
and managed for 3 years the Abril.
com, area and was responsible
for the Company’s Internet and
wireless strategy. He is a graduate
in business administration from
FGV and received an MBA from
SDA Bocconi, in Milan.
59 years old, has been in the Abril
Group since 2000. He assumed the
position of Editorial and Institutional
Relations Director-Secretary in
2004. Previously he was Managing
Director of the Exame Group for 4
years. A journalist for over 38 years,
he has degrees in law and sociology
by USP. He is author of the book
Elements of Economic Journalism,
published in 2002.
André Mantovani
Deborah Wright
Marcio Ogliara
Jairo Leal
42 years old, has been
Managing Director of MTV
Brasil since 1998. He has also
held positions as Co-General
Director and Administrative and
Finance Director of MTV. He is
a graduate in economy from
UNICAMP and has a Master’s
degree in Communication and
Semiotics from PUC of São Paulo.
Giancarlo Civita
42 years old, he has since 2003
served as Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors and assumed
the role of Chief Operating Officer
in 2006. He joined Abril in 1982
and has held positions such as TVA
Programming Director,Managing
Director of MTV, Vice-President
of Entertainment Division and
Vice-President of Youth Unit.
He is a graduate of ESPM with
a post-graduate studies degree
from Harvard Business School.
Leila Loria
52 years old, is Managing Director of
Electronic Distribution and has been
responsible for Pay TV operations
(TVA), Broadband Internet (Ajato)
and Voice (TVA Voice) since 1999.
She held management positions in
the retail sector and participated in
the implementation of Wal-Mart
in Brazil. Currently, she is president
of NeoTV and Neotec. She is a
graduate in business administration
from FGV with Master’s degree
from COPPEAD-UFRJ.
João Arinos
45 years old, has been Managing
Director of Abril Educação since
2001. He has been president
of Abrelivros (Brazilian Association
of Publishers) since 2004.
He is a graduate in mechanical
engineering from Unicamp, with
specialization at Harvard Business
School and an MBA from FGV-SP.
Victor Civita
41 years old, became a member of
Abril Group’s Board of Directors
and Managing Director of Abril
Digital in 2006. He joined Abril
in 1990 as Programming and
Production Director of MTV,
having been responsible for
the implementation of the
broadcasting company in Brazil.
He was also Programming
and Production Director at TVA,
Director of Abril Produções and
Vice-President of the Youth Unit at
Editora Abril. He is a graduate in
Political Science from Columbia
University, at the U.S.
49 years old, Commercial and
Marketing VP since 2002. She
has 20 years of experience in
consumer products, working at
companies, such as Philip Morris,
Unilever, Parmalat Brasil and Pão
de Açúcar Group. She is a graduate
in Business Administration from
FGV.
46 years old, has been working
at Abril Group since 1992. He was
appointed Human Resources and
Organizational Development VP in
early 2006. He has worked at Bunge
Group and Banco Noroeste. He is a
graduate in business administration
from FEA-USP, with Personnel
Strategic Management courses
at Insead – France and an MBA
from FGV.
49 years old, has been Managing
Director of Special Interest
Business Group since 2004.
He has been working at Abril
since 1973 and has held various
positions, such as Planning
and Control Manager, Finance
Director and Circulation Director.
He is a graduate in business
administration and accounting
from Faculdades Metropolitanas
Unidas FMU,with specialization in
finance administration from USP.
Arnaldo Tibyriçá
48 years old, has been Legal
Director since 2003. Previously,
he worked at C&A Group, Banco
Itaú and BCP Telecomunicações.
He is a law graduate in from PUC-SP.
Cleide Castellan
51 years old, is Executive Adviser
of the Board of Directors of Abril
S.A. She has been working at the
Group for the past 27 years, and
held a position at the Corporate
Relations Executive Board. She
is a graduate in public relations
from Faculdade de Comunicação
de Santos and in sociology and
politics from Escola de Sociologia
e Política de São Paulo.
Douglas Duran
53 years old, he is the Shared
Services Vice-President since
2006. He joined Grupo Abril
in 1978 and has already acted
as Editora Abril’s Chief Treasurer,
TVA’s CFO, Planning and Business
Director of Abril Entretenimento
Managing Director of Dinap and
International Relations Director.
He is a business administrator,
specialized in finances from USP,
having also attended the Program
for Management Development
from Harvard Business School.
Claudia Costin
50 years old, is Vice-Chairwoman
of Victor Civita Foundation. For
two years, she was Manager of
Public Policies and Fight Against
Poverty for the Latin America at
the World Bank. She joined the
State Department of Culture in
January 2003, where she worked
for two years. She is a graduate in
public administration from FGV,
where also received a Master’s
and PhD.
Aby McMillan
36 years old, is Abril’s Executive
Director of Strategic Planning,
International Relations & New
Business. He joined the Group
in 2006, after two years ahead
of Magexpress/Distimag, as the
Commercial Director. Before, he
also accumulated experiences at
Booz Allen Hamilton, as Senior
Director of Communications, Media
& Technology, and at IBM, as VicePresident of IBM Global Services
Europe. He earned a Bachelor of
Science Degree Honours First Class
Computing Science & Physics at
Oxford, U.K., and a MBA at Harvard
Business School, in addition to IBM’s
Executive Management at Insead.
Executive
Committee 2005
• André Mantovani
• Arnaldo Tibyriçá
• Cleide Castellan
• Deborah Wright
• Douglas de Oliveira
• Eliane Lustosa
• Jairo Leal
• João Arinos
• José Wilson Paschoal
• Mauro Calliari
• Maurizio Mauro
• Leila Loria
• Sidnei Basile
• Tales Alvarenga
• Valter Pasquini
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Addresses
Abril’s Corporate
Management
Av. das Nações Unidas, 7221 – Pinheiros
CEP: 05425-902 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-11 3037-2000
Subscriptions
Client Services (SAC)
For subscription renewal, change
of address or means of payment,
among others:
Toll free Brazil: 0800-7042112
São Paulo metropolitan area:
55-11 5087-2112
Fax: 55-11 5087-2100
www.abrilsac.com.br
abrilsac@abril.com.br
Subscription Sales (SVA)
Toll free Brazil: 0800-7012828
São Paulo metropolitan area:
55-11 3347-2121
Fax: 55-11 3347-2115
www.assineabril.com.br
abril.assinaturas@abril.com.br
Renova Fácil (Easy Renewal)
Toll free Brazil: 0800-7042035
São Paulo metropolitan area:
55-11 5087-2145
www.renovabril.com.br
Datalistas
Client Services
Tel.: 55-11 3037-3555
Dedoc (Abril’s
Documentation
Department)
Client Services
Tel.: 55-11 3037-2125
Conteúdo Expresso (Express Content)
Sale of texts and images
pertaining to Abril’s file.
Rua Dr. Renato Paes de Barros, 717
4º andar – Itaim-Bibi
CEP: 04530-001 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-11 3089 8855
Fax. 55-11 3089 8899
www.conteudoexpresso.com.br
atendimento@conteudoexpresso. com.br
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Dinap – Management
Distribuidora Nacional
de Publicações (Brazilian Distributor
of Publications)
Dinap – Operations,
Logistics and Distribution
Av. Dr. Kenkite Shimomoto,1678
Jardim Teresa
CEP: 06045-390 – Osasco, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-11 3789-3000
TVA
Client Services
Tel.: 55-11 3038-5498
TVA Rio
Rua General Bruce, 551 – S. Cristóvão
CEP: 20921-030 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil
Client Services
Tels.: 55-21 3233-5060 and 55-21 2223-6399
Ajato
Client Services
Tels.: 55-11 3038-7001 and 55-21 3231-5733
Subscription Sales
Tels.: 55-11 3038-5498 and 55-11 2223-6399
Editoras Ática, Scipione
and Gráfica
Av. Otaviano Alves de Lima, 4400
Freguesia do Ó
CEP: 02909-900 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-11 3990-2100
MTV
Av. Professor Alfonso Bovero, 52 – Sumaré
CEP: 01254-000 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-11 3871-7100
Fax: 55-11 3871-7002
Audience Services
Tel.: 55-11 3874-3505
Regional Offices
Belo Horizonte
Rua Fernandes Tourinho, 147
salas 302 e 303 – Savassi
CEP: 30112-000 – Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil
Tel.: 55-31 3282-0630
Fax: 55-31 3282-0632
Brasília
Edifício Brasília Trade Center,
14°andar, sala 1414
SCN Quadra 01, Bloco C
CEP: 70711-902 – Brasília, DF – Brazil
Tel.: 55-61 3315-7575
Fax: 55-61 3315-7518
Curitiba
Av. Cândido de Abreu, 776
6°andar, salas 601 e 602
Centro Cívico
CEP: 80530-000 – Curitiba, PR – Brazil
Tel. : 55-41 3250-8000
Fax.: 55-41 3252-7110
Porto Alegre
Av. Carlos Gomes, 1155
sala 702 – Petrópolis
CEP: 90480-004 – Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil
Tel.: 55-51 3327-2850
Fax: 55-51 3327-2855
Rio de Janeiro
Praia do Botafogo, 501
1º andar, bloco B – Botafogo
CEP: 22250-040 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil
Tel.: 55-21 2546-8282
Fax: 55-21 2546-8253
Ribeirão Preto
Av. Nove de Julho, 1463
Jardim América
CEP: 14015-170 – Ribeirão Preto, SP – Brazil
Tel.: 55-16 3964-5516
Fax: 55-16 3632-0660
The Abril Group
Credits
Chairman and CEO:
Roberto Civita
Chief Operating Officer:
Giancarlo Civita
Vice-Presidents:
Deborah Wright, Douglas Duran, Eliane Lustosa,
Marcio Ogliara
The Abril Group
Editor:
Sidnei Basile – Editorial and Institutional
Relations Director
General coordination:
Meire Fidelis – Public Relations Manager
Graphic project and art direction:
Carlos Grassetti – Corporate Art Director and
Biocomm Propaganda Ltda.
Images: ©1 – Hans Gunter Flieg / ©2 – Memória Abril / ©3 e ©4 – Douglas
Cantu / ©5 – Infográfico: Galileo Giglio (Estúdio Mol) / ©6 – Éden Carvalho /
©7 – Divulgação Dinap / ©8 – João Ramid / ©9 – Divulgação / ©10 – Olíbio
Santana / ©11 – Ricardo Garcia Dias / ©12 – João Ávila / ©13 – Ricardo
Benichio / ©14 – Gustavo Lourenção / ©15 – Sendi Morais
Printing:
Ricargraf Gráfica e Editora Ltda.
Edition:
2,000 copies
Copies of this publication may be requested by calling:
55-11 3037-2039
Institutional Relations Office
Av. das Nações Unidas, 7221 – 22º andar
05425-902 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil
The Management Reports and Financial Statements,
in Portuguese and English, are available at the
Institutional Relations Office or at the website
www.abril.com.br/empresa
Production coordination:
Mena Pires – Public Relations
Desktop publishing:
Ricardo Garcia Dias
Consultancy and production:
Fabiane Jampolsky – MZ Corporate Communications
Consolidation of financial information:
Marcelo Vaz Bonini – Corporate Planning and
Control Director
Manoel Bizarria Guilherme Neto – Corporate
Controllership Manager
Photos:
Pedro Rubens
Acknowledgment to those who contributed to data
and information gathering for this book:
Aldo Teixeira, Ana Mantovani, Andreia Caires, Andrés
Bruzzone, Auro Iasi, Bia Mendes, Cleide Castellan, Daniel
Oliveira, David Saad, Denise Ornellas, Diva Velasco, Douglas
Cantu, Eric Galvão, Fabio Gallo, Hamilton dos Santos, Leila
Cocito, Lia Santiago, Malvina Galatovic, Mariana Szauter,
Marilia França, Patricia Frangiosi, Peter J. Rosenwald, Pietro
Pizzolante, Roberta Campanini, Rosana de Oliveira, Sérgio
Vasconcelos, Wander Mendes e Yen Wen Shen.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report contains forward looking statements
regarding Abril Group’s expectations, anticipated
synergies, growth plans, projected results and future
strategies. Although these forward looking statements
reflect management’s good faith beliefs, they involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that
may cause the Company’s actual results or outcomes
to be materially different from those anticipated and
discussed herein. These uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, our ability to realize projected
synergies in the amount and on the timetable projected,
as well as economic, competitive, governmental and
technological risks that may affect Abril Group’s
operations. Readers should not rely exclusively in
the information contained herein. The Company
undertakes no responsibility to update the projections
contained herein, in light of new information or their
future developments.
São Paulo, 2006
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